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1、ProvocationWhyWomenAren'tFunnyWhatmakesthefemalesomuchdeadlierthanthemale?WithassistsfromFranLebowitz,NoraEphron,andarecentStanford-medical-schoolstudy,theauthorinvestigatesthereasonsforthehumorgap.byChristopherHitchensBeyourgenderwhatitmay,youwillcertainlyha
2、veheardthefollowingfromafemalefriendwhoisenumeratingthecharmsofanew(male)squeeze:"He'sreallyquitecute,andhe'skindtomyfriends,andheknowsallkindsofstuff,andhe'ssofunny…"(Ifyouyourselfareaguy,andyouknowthemaninquestion,youwilloftenhavesaidtoyourself,"Funny?Hewou
3、ldn'tknowajokeifitcameservedonabedoflettucewithsaucebéarnaise.")However,thereissomethingthatyouabsolutelyneverhearfromamalefriendwhoishymninghislatest(female)loveinterest:"She'sarealhoney,hasalifeofherown…[interludeforattributesthatarenoneofyourbusiness]…and,
4、man,doessheevermake'emlaugh."Now,whyisthis?Whyisitthecase?,Imean.Whyarewomen,whohavethewholemaleworldattheirmercy,notfunny?PleasedonotpretendnottoknowwhatIamtalkingabout.Allright—tryittheotherway(asthebishopsaidtothebarmaid).Whyaremen,takenonaverageandasawhol
5、e,funnierthanwomen?Well,foronething,theyhaddamnwellbetterbe.Thechieftaskinlifethatamanhastoperformisthatofimpressingtheoppositesex,andMotherNature(aswelaughinglycallher)isnotsokindtomen.Infact,sheequipsmanyfellowswithverylittlearmamentforthestruggle.Anaverage
6、manhasjustone,outsidechance:hehadbetterbeabletomaketheladylaugh.Makingthemlaughhasbeenoneofthecrucialpreoccupationsofmylife.Ifyoucanstimulatehertolaughter—Iamtalkingaboutthatreal,out-loud,head-back,mouth-open-to-expose-the-full-horseshoe-of-lovely-teeth,invol
7、untary,full,anddeep-throatedmirth;thekindthatisaccompaniedbyashockedsurpriseandaslight(no,makethataloud)pealofdelight—well,then,youhaveatleastcausedhertoloosenupandtochangeherexpression.Ishallnotelaboratefurther.Womenhavenocorrespondingneedtoappealtomeninthis
8、way.Theyalreadyappealtomen,ifyoucatchmydrift.Indeed,wenowhaveallthejoyofascientificstudy,whichilluminatesthedifference.AttheStanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine(aplace,asithappens,whereIonc
